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Dutch
Etymology
From versnijden (“to cut up”) + -nis (“-ness”, deverbative suffix), calque of Ancient Greek κατατομή (katatomḗ) in Philippians 3,2. Modelled on besnijdenis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vərˈsnɛi̯.dəˌnɪs/, /vɛrˈsnɛi̯.dəˌnɪs/
- Hyphenation: ver‧snij‧de‧nis
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯dənɪs
Noun
versnijdenis f (plural versnijdenissen)
- (biblical, Christianity, derogatory) concision, mutilation of the flesh (polemical term for circumcision)